George Heath (priest)

George Heath D.D. (baptised 3 December 1745 – February 1822) was a Canon of Windsor from 1800 to 1822^[1] and Head Master of Eton College from 1792 to 1802.^[2]

Career

He was born the younger son of the scholar Benjamin Heath (1704–1766) and was educated at King's College, Cambridge.^[3]^[2] His elder brother Benjamin was Headmaster of Harrow School.

He was appointed:

He was appointed to the fourth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1800, and held the stall until 1822.

↑ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
1 2 "Heath, George (HT764G)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney, eds. (1891). "Heath, Benjamin". Dictionary of National Biography. 25. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
↑ "Fellows details". Royal Society. Retrieved 23 May 2016.

Academic offices
Preceded by Jonathan Davies	Head Master of Eton College 1792–1802	Succeeded by Joseph Goodall

Head Masters of Eton College since 1711

Andrew Snape Henry Bland William George William Cooke John Sumner Edward Barnard John Foster Jonathan Davies George Heath Joseph Goodall John Keate Edward Craven Hawtrey Charles Old Goodford Edward Balston James John Hornby Edmond Warre Edward Lyttelton Cyril Alington Claude Aurelius Elliott Robert Birley Anthony Chenevix-Trench Michael McCrum Eric Anderson John Lewis Tony Little Simon Henderson

For Head Masters prior to 1711, see List of Head Masters of Eton College

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